Refrigerator



Aug. 21, 1923. 1,465,657

P. vAcATos REFRIGERATOR Filed May 16, 1922 951, 5 .csflom F'lea the lid-11 is opened, without opening the cover 10.

A. plurality of trays 20 are arranged tobe placed in superposed relation in thecasing position toifurnish means whereby the tray may be conveniently handled or folded withinthehtr'ay when the said trays are posi- 13. Each'tray is formed with thelheavy frame work 20 and has side walls and bottom walls of wire screen or other suitable open work material. Each tray 20is provided at opposite endsthereof with the handles 20 whichare suitably secured to the inner edge o'f'the' top bar of the frame work 20 so that the same may be'moved to an upright tioned within the casing 13. The casing 13 V is provided with the plurality of openings 21 which are distributed in, relatively'close spaced relation over the ent re area thereof.

. The sidesfi and 8 of the box 3 are provided -with a plurality of-openings .ZQ-and the inner casing 18"is provided at a point in allnement withea'ehof said openings with a similar opening 24. The numeral'23 denotes a ventilating pipe'lO mountedin the openings 22 and'2et soas to extend across the ice space 14 as shown in Figure 3. The

numeral 25 denotes a cover plate which is in Figure 1. 1

the upper end of the casing 13.

hinged'to the side wallsof the" box 3 at a point adjacent each opening '22 and is ar-' ranged so that the 0pen1ng-22 may be closed or partly closed thereby as illustrated To use-my improved iceboX, the cover 10 is opened and the spacell is filled with ice.

The desired quantity of live lobsters or other crustacea 1s placed in thetrays 20 and thesaid trays areplaced 111- superposed relation within the casing 13 as shown in Fig -ure 1.

- The icepanl'? is'filled with ice and placed in position on the shoulder 16 so as to close The'covers 25 arethen operated to regulate the size of the opening 22 and provide proper ventilation. lVhen the trays 20 are properly po the upper trays restupon the framework.

sitionedin theice box, the frame work of of the'trays directly therebeneath, the handles 20 being turnedjdownwardly" to avoid interference with the tray directly above.

I Access may be had to the upper tray 20 by I ranged to close the upper endof said 'cas- '2. A refrigeratorfof thev class described, p ,p comprising in combination a boxiopen at'the 1 opening the lid llandremoving the-ice pan i 17-and all of the trays 20 maybe removed 7 Without opening the lid 10. The openings 21 in the casing 1?) permit the air withinthe casing to contact directly with the ice and Y a moist, cold atmosphere is thus maintained. It will thus be seen that I- have provided a new and improved ice-box which in use will provide convenient means whereby a. 5 large quantity of sea food may be kept alive cover therefor, an inner casing centrally I mounted in said box and extending upwardthe casti at d 1y to saidcover, said'inner casing being provided over the entirearea thereof with closely spaced-openings and an icepan'aring; v

upperend, a cover therefora relatively smaller box-like liningsecu'red in said box, said linlng extending upwardly to the topof sa d box QIldzPI'OVldGd-OVQ'I its entire area- 'with a plurality of openings, an'ice-pan sup ported in the'upper end of saidcasing and a plurality of trays positionedin superposed relation below said ice pan.

3.: A refrigerator of the class describedin cluding in combination; an outer box, an

inner lining. arranged therein. so as to provide an ice space between the box: andthe liningfa cover for said box, said lining extending upwardly to said cover, and enlarged adjacent the upper end thereof to pro vide a support for'an ice pan, a pan in said enlarged upper end, a plurality of trays :ar-" rangedin superposed relation below said ice pan, each oflsaid trays composedof open work vmaterial, a plurality of ventilating:

tubes; extendingthrough saidbox into said)" lining ,and'regulatable vmeans to open-and: 7

close said tubes.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand. V

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